Notes From a Fish

AroView: Proudly exclusive to AroVision, we reckon this local indie comedy will win you over with its unforced and deceptive charms.

Emilio Mancilla plays an insecure young writer whose potential break into the biz is scuppered when a prized exotic fish goes missing on his house-sitting watch. Enter Romy Hooper as a bolshie ex-public servant turned self-appointed private investigator. But beneath the slacker detective farce lies a touching story of two lost souls negotiating their way through the reality of modern life.

Hooper shares a co-directing credit with Tom Levesque, who also wrote, shot and edited, and boldly steps up from his niche debut ‘Shut Eye’ (NZIFF2022). Their film is further elevated by the ever-hilarious Tom Sainsbury, great use of diverse Auckland locations, and an impressive debut soundtrack by Sonya Ishimnikova.

_“Part crime caper, part screwball comedy, Notes from a Fish delights in making its hapless characters run the gauntlet of truly unfortunate events. Directors Tom Levesque and Romy Hooper each make distinct contributions – Levesque brings the paranoid obsession of his earlier feature Shut Eye, while Hooper provides deft comic chops in front of and behind the camera. — Adrian Hatwell, NZIFF_